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--- (1) --- Cross reference— General penalty, § 1-13; consumption of alcoholic beverages restricted, § 17-3.
Sec. 8-1. - Injuring property prohibited.#
(a)
No person shall wantonly and maliciously daub with paint, or otherwise injure by scratching or marking, or writing with paint, blacking, red chalk or other colored composition or liquid, or in any manner deface any post, signboard or sign, situated in or upon any street, highway, bridge, wharf or other public place, or ground set apart for public purposes, in this town, or any ornament or appurtenance of the same, or shall wantonly tear down, deface or destroy any notice of any public meeting, auction or other sale, or any other public notice.
(b)
No person shall maliciously, wantonly or carelessly throw down or extinguish any incandescent or arc light, or the globe or lamp enclosing the same, or any other lamp or lantern, erected for the purpose of lighting any street, highway, or bridge in this town, whether the same shall have been erected by the town, or any other corporation, or by any individual, or shall light such lamp or lantern without proper authority.
(c)
It is hereby declared illegal for any person to commit vandalism or otherwise misuse that certain area known as the nature trail located near the Ashaway School in the Village of Ashaway, Town of Hopkinton, RI. Misuse of the nature trail is hereby defined to include skateboarding, sledding, littering, horseback riding and bicycle riding.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), plus any applicable court costs.
(Ch. 2, 9-6-27; Ch. 165, 1-7-02)
Cross reference— Streets, sidewalks and other public places, Ch. 17.
State Law reference— Malicious injury, G.L. 1956, §§ 11-44-1, 11-44-12.
Sec. 8-2. - Public disturbances.#
No person shall revel, commit any nuisance or mischief, quarrel, disturb the peace or otherwise behave in an indecent or disorderly manner by shouting, use of profanity which may incite others to violent conduct, or fighting in any public place within the town, nor shall any person aid, assist, encourage, or promote the same to be done by any other person.
(Ch. 5, § 1, 9-6-27; Ch. 46, 8-2-76)
Cross reference— Nuisances, Ch. 10.
Sec. 8-3. - Loitering, etc.#
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand or remain idle either alone and/or in consort with others in any public place in the town in such manner as to:
(1)
Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tend to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic or pedestrians.
(2)
Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any such public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress and regress, therein, thereon and thereto.
(b)
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated in (a) above, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing such conditions and to move on or disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this section. Any violation shall constitute a separate offense on each successive day continued.
(Ch. 44, 7-12-76)
Cross reference— Streets, sidewalks and other public places, Ch. 17.
Sec. 8-4. - Operation of motored boats.#
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated on any pond, lake, river or body of water in the town any boat propelled by motor unless such motor is equipped with underwater exhaust or proper muffler or device to so reduce the noise of such motor that the operation of such boat and motor does not disturb and annoy the members of the public.
(Ch. 13(C), 7-12-54)
Cross reference— Parks and recreation, Ch. 11.